Railroad-spike.



f as shown at 9. The portion 8' of the hea UNITED `STATES (.TARJI K. BUTTS, OF CELINA, TEXAS.

RAILROAD-SPIKE. 7

v l Specification of Letters Ilatevnt.y i Application led January 9, 1908.

Patented Sept. i4, 1909u Serial o. 419,035.'

To all whom it may concern:

lBe it known that I, CARL K. BUTTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Celina, in the county of Collin and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Spikes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railroads and more particularly to rail fastenin means, and has for its'object to providea astening means of this character including a spike having a main shank and a supplemental shank so arranged that the supplemental shank will be' brought into engagement with a portionof the, main shank when driven into material, thus anchoring the-spike and preventin its disengagement.'

In the rawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a side elevational View of the presentspike, Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1 showing the application l of the spike to the rail.

Referring now more. particularly to the drawings, there is shownv a spike, comprising a main shank 6 headed at its upper end as shown at 7 and this headed portionA ofthe shank is provided with a rearwardly extending portion 8. The lower end of the rear face of the shank 6 is beveled forwarly is provided with 'a supplemental shank '10 shorter-than thev shank 6 arranged initially in parallel relation to the shank 6, and this shank by reason of the' portion 8 is spaced from the shank 6, as shown. The lower end of the supplemental shank l0 is beveled in one direction as shown at 11, and this beveled faceof the shank is arranged to lie in a common 'line with the beveled end 9 of the, shank 6.'

The s ike is used in connection with a rail flange (11,) having an'aperture X therein adjacent to its outer edge, the shank 6 is engaged through the aperture X, and `the shanklO' extends downwardly over the outer edgel of thetlange.

mien the spike is driven home, the engageinentrof the bevel face 9 with the mate'- rial ofthe tie will cause the shank 6 to bend laterally in the direction of the rail, and the shank 6," and consequently the lowerv end 03E than that 0i the the shank l0 is brought into engagement.

with the rearward :tace of the shank 6, 'the spikebeing thus securely lockedvin -tlietie.

What is claimed is:

In a 'rail' fastening mechanism, Ithe com#4 bination with a plate v,having a flat under surface and` having ein/aperture `forme therethrou b. adjacent to its rearward edgit, of a spike aving a shank engaged through the aperture and having av head extending forwardly over the plate, said head having a rearward extension projecting over the portion lot the plate between its aperture andits rearwardV carried by the rearwardly extending-portion of the head of the spike, both of sa1d Shanks being beveled at the lower ends of their rearward faces to 'deleotthe Shanks in the edge, 'a supplemental shank same direction when driven intr) a tie, said supplemental shank being of less thickness than the first named shank to promote in. creased bending of thesupplemental shank to Bring it into engagement with-the rst vnamed shank.

L In testimony whereof I aiix my signature,

1n 'presence of two witnesses. 

